INKTOBER 2022

This year I am drawing Australian native bees for Inktober.

I'm also using colour this year in my ink drawings to showcase the wonderful diversity of the bees, especially the metallic coloured ones.

Australia has over 2,000 species of native bees ranging from the spectacularly large 24mm yellow and black carpenter bees down to the tiny 2mm Quasihesma bees.  With their wide array of shapes, sizes and behaviours, Australian native bees are important pollinators of our magnificent wildflowers and native plants.